Samantha Jones (Sex and the City)

For other people with the same name, see Samantha Jones (disambiguation).
Samantha Jones
Kim Cattrall as Jones
First appearancePrint:
"Loving Mr. Big" (1995)
(The New York Observer)
Television:
"Sex and the City" (1998)
(Sex and the City)
Last appearance"The Last Supper Part Two: Entrée" (2023)
(And Just Like That...)
Created byCandace Bushnell
Portrayed byKim Cattrall
(Sex and the City, films, And Just Like That...)
Lindsey Gort[1]
(The Carrie Diaries)
Screen duration
  • 1998–2004
  • 2008
  • 2010
  • 2013–2014
  • 2023
In-universe information
NicknameSam
Jonesy
Sammy Joe
GenderFemale
OccupationPublic relations
FamilyUnnamed parents
Two siblings[2]
Nephew[3]
Donna LaDonna (cousin)[4]
NationalityAmerican

Samantha Jones is a fictional character created by Candace Bushnell who appears in the Sex and the City media franchise. The character first appeared in Bushnell's newspaper column Sex and the City, which was published in The New York Observer from 1994 to 1996, and as a book of the same name in 1996. A semi-fictionalized version of one of Bushnell's real-life friends, Samantha is a confident and sexually liberated woman in her forties with a propensity for dating multiple men. Author Louise Perry has claimed that Samantha's character was based on a stereotypical portrayal of the life of a promiscuous gay man.[5]

Sex and the City was adapted into a television series of the same name that aired on HBO from 1998 to 2004, where Samantha was portrayed by Kim Cattrall. Cattrall received two Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Golden Globe Award for her portrayal of the character. She reprised the role in the films Sex and the City (2008) and Sex and the City 2 (2010), and for a cameo appearance in the Max streaming series And Just Like That... (2021-present). Samantha also appears in Bushnell's young adult novels The Carrie Diaries and Summer and the City; the novels were adapted into a series of the same name that aired on The CW from 2013 to 2014, where Samantha is portrayed by Lindsey Gort.[6]

  1. ^ Hibberd, James (2013-07-20). "'Carrie Diaries' scoop: Samantha Jones cast | EW.com". Insidetv.ew.com. Retrieved 2015-03-10.
  2. ^ Season 3 episode 10
  3. ^ Season 3 episode 1
  4. ^ Slezak, Michael (July 20, 2013). "The Carrie Diaries Scoop: Meet Young Samantha!". TV Line. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  5. ^ "Bari Weiss' big L.A. debate was less 'free expression' than self-promotion". Los Angeles Times. 2023-09-14. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  6. ^ "Lindsey Gort Brings Samantha Jones To A New Generation In The Carrie Diaries". Huffingtonpost.com. 2013-10-25. Retrieved 2015-03-10.